Food chopper



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FOOD CHOPP-ER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4. 1922.

Il IVI. I ENTUCH.. FOOD CHOPPER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4, |922.

ISRAEL M. LENTUCH, F BROOKLYN, lTEl "YORK, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF TO MOERS JFFE, OF BROOKLYN, NETW YORK.

FOD CHOPEER.

Application filed March 1922. Serial No. e.

This invention has relation to 'lfood chop pers and refers more particularly to an iniproved chopper or cutter for grating, shredding, slicing or otherwise acting upon vegetables, fruits7 cheese, or other foods of this character.

The invention contemplates a food chopper embodying a hopper having); an inlet and an outlet within which the food is nrranged and held stationary7 and a grating", shredd'ng, slicing or other cutter' element. which is arranged in juxtaposition over the outlet and rotated against the food for operating upon the sanne, together with an actuating means for the cutter element which also serves as a means for retaining` said elenient in juxtaposition to the outlet and permits of the separation of the saine frein the hopper.

As an object the invention aims to provide a simple and inexpensive food chopper with which a plurality of variously formed cutting elements may he readily associated. or disassociated whereby to facilitato the 'cleansing and interchanging` of the cuttingv elements and other parts or elements of the device.

Further objects reside in the construction and association of the actuating means with the hopper and actuating elements, and the structure of the cutting elements as set forth in the following specilication, pointed out in the appended claires and illustrated. in the accompanying' drawings, it lacingunderstood that the right is reserved to einhodiinents other than those actually illustrated herein to the full extent indicated hy the general meaning of the terms in which the claims are expressed.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a front elevation of food chopper constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical. sectional. view therei through taken approxin ately on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

nig. o is an enlargec detail fregn'ientary sectional vew through the cutter element illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. l is a rear face view of a shredding element adapted to he associated with the machine.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view therethrouxrh taken on the l'ne 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a front face View of a slicine' element adapted to he i..f-1oeiated with. the niachine.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view therethrough taken on the line 7 7 of Fig. 6.

Referring to the draw-rings hy characters of reference, 10 designates hopper sup ported by a suitable standard 11 which is provided at its lower end with a clampingv ineans 12 for attaching; the same to a table or ledge. The hopper provided with a vertical front wall 13, vertical side walls le. and a downwardly and inwardly inclined rear wall 15. rlhe hopper is open at its upper end to provide an inlet for the food. The front wall is provided at its lower portion with a circular outlet opening 16 defined hy an outwardly projecting head 1'?. A second or outer bead or flange 18 is con ccntrically spaced from the inner head 17 and said latter head which is of greater width than. the former is cut away at its lower end as at 19. The cutting or choppingv elements consist of disks 26 provided with an annular head or flange 2l at the inner peripheral edge thereof which is designed to he snugly received between the inner and outer heads 1T and 18 of the hopper whereby to arrange said cutting or chopping element over the outlet opening; for rotation. ln. order to provide ineans for retaning.;` the disk 20 in juxtaposition over the outlet opening and for driving' the saine, use is made of an actuatingunit 22 comprising a housing 23 having a rearwardly projectingarno. 24 provided with vertical aperture 25. The upper portion of the flange 18 is provided with spaced upstanding ears 26 between which the arm 24 is received and said flange is further CIT provided with a threaded aperture 27 which is designed to register with the aperture 25 to receive the wing screw 28 for attaching the casing 23 to the hopper. A driving gear 29 is mounted within the casing on a drive shaft 30 with which a manipulating crank 81 is connected. A driven gear 32 is inounted in the casing 23 and is secured to the driven shaft 33 which projects rearwardly from the casing and has connected thereto a spider arin 34 provided with rearwardly projecting lingers 35. Each of the cutter disks are provided with dianietrically disposed notches 36 in their peripheries which receive the iingers 35 whereby said cutter element is coupled with the spider arm and shalit for rotation therewith.

The cutter dislr illustrated in Figs. l, 2 and is provided with outlet pertorations 37 from which the rear edges ot' which grat .ing spurs or teeth 38 protrude to provide an element 'lor grating the vegetable, fruitI` or other 'food fed to thehopper. ln F'afs. l and 53 the cutting disk 2t) is provided with a plurality of apertures'lf) delining one edge oi1 which is n'cuately hulged as at l() to afford means ,torshredding the vegetable, fruit, or other food upon rotation of the dislr. lin Figs. 6 and 7 the cutting disk 20 is provided with a slicingn slot Lll tor slicing the vegetable, fruit or tood fed to the hopper.

.ln use and operation of the device, the l'iood to he actedupon is led to the hopper through the upper open end and pressed downwardly .into the lower restricted end thereof into contact with the cutter' disk 2O arranged over the outlet opening i6, said food being' held stationary or in a non-rotary position against the face of the cutter while the crank handle 3l is n'ranipulated to effect rotation of the cutter disk.. Upon rotation or the disk the cutter teeth or spurs 38 will el'lect the grating oit the liood which will be discharged through the openings 37 and which will gravitate through the cutaway portion 19 ci the outer bead orilange 18 into a suitable receptacle arranged on the table or ledge. 1When it is desired to remove the cutter disk or element 2O for the purpose oi" cleaning said elements or cleansing the various parts ofl the device, a 'winged screw 28 is removed, therehy permitting of the axial displacementr ot' the casing and its corn.- ponent parts, rlhe removal of ,the casing and its parts eiiects the displacement of the lingers 35 :troni the notches 36 ot' the cutting element, .thereby uncoupling the saine and permitting oi4 the removal. of the cutting element. 1When the chopper is assembled. the `engagenient of the fingers 35 in the yinner end of the shaft having -i 2. .It food chopper comprising a'hopperhaving an inlet and an outlet, inner and outer concentric.annularloeads on said hopper defining said outlet, a rotary cutting or chopping` element having an annular' bead received between the lirst beads to vdispose the cutting or chopping element in juXtaposition over the outlet, and an actuating means therefor coacting with the outer head and the cutting or chopping element to retain lsaid element in juxtaposition and to rotate the saine. l

3. A. 'li'ood choppercomprising a hopper y having an inlet and an outlet, inner and outer concentric annular heads on said hopper defining' said outlet, a rotary cutting or chopping element having an annular beady receivedhe'tween the lirst heads to dispose the cutting or chopping.;- element in juxtaposition over the outlet, andv an actuating inea-ns therefor coacting with the outer bead and the cutting or chopping element rto vretain said element in juxtaposition andto rotate the sainel` said means comprising a casingdetachably secured to the outer bead, a

rotary shalft extending rearwardly theretroni, notched peripheral portions in the z cutter clement, and a spider' carried by thev in gers enraged within said notched portions'.

in a food chopper, 'a hopper having' an outlet, spaced inner and outer annular heads.

definin said outlet, a rotary cutting element having a peripheral head received between the `hopper heads and provided with diametrically disposed peripheral notches, `an actuating unit comprising' a casingdetachably associated with the outer hopper head, a drive shaft inounted in said casing, a driving;` gear attached thereto, a. driven shaft mounted in said casing and projecting rearwardly therefrom, a driven gear connected thereto` and meshing with the driving' gear, a spider carried lov the rear end of' the shaft having` coupling lingers at its opposite eX- tremity engageahle in the peripheral notches of the cutting' element, and means for acj tu ating the driving shaft.

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